Angela Merkel gestures as Vladimir Putin looks on during a press conference after talks in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, May 10, 2015. Photo: Kirill Kudryavtsev/Reuters. The war in Ukraine has been going on for a year. The devastation is enormous as are the violations of human rights. So far, the focus has been placed on arms deliveries rather than on diplomacy. When is the right time for diploma

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/diplomacy-still-relevant - 2025-08-29

CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "Assessing Climate Change Impact on Water Balance Components Using Integrated Groundwater–Surface Water Models (Case Study: Shazand Plain, Iran)" together with Farzaneh Soltani (University of Tehran), Saman Javadi (University of Tehran), Abbas Roozbahani (University of Tehran), Ali Reza Massah Bavani (University of Tehran), Golmar G

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/climate-change-impact-water-balance-iran - 2025-08-29

New CMES Newsletter about upcoming events and recent research activities and publications. The CMES Newsletter provides an up-to-date overview of Middle Eastern research, activities and events at Lund University and beyond. The Newsletter includes a message from the Director, latest research news, upcoming events and recent publications by CMES scholars. Read the latest issue of the Newsletter Sub

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter-33 - 2025-08-29

CMES scholar Amir Naghibi has co-authored the paper "Examining the Role of the Main Terrestrial Factors Won the Seasonal Distribution of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Concentration over Iran" together with Seyed Mohsen Mousavi (Shahid Beheshti University), Naghmeh Mobarghaee Dinan (Shahid Beheshti University, Saeed Ansarifard (Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences), Faezeh Borhani (Universit

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/analyzing-carbon-dioxide-concentrations-iran - 2025-08-29

The Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies, the Department of Political Science and the Swedish Research Council have the pleasure to invite you to the inaugural lecture by Raphael Cohen-Almagor as holder of the 2023 Olof Palme visiting professorship. When: Monday 6 March, 15:15 Where: Edens hörsal, Eden (Paradisgatan 5, Lund) Target group: All are welcome! Language: In English Welcome Address

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/inaugural-lecture-olof-palme-visiting-professorship - 2025-08-29

CMES supports three-year research projects with high scientific potential through the Strategic Research Area (SRA) Middle East in the Contemporary World (MECW). CMES funds one new project annually and encourages collaboration between scholars from different disciplines at Lund University to conduct interdisciplinary research on the Middle East. Project proposals should be focused on novel interdi

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/now-open-cmes-call-project-proposals - 2025-08-29

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson inspect a military honor guard during a welcoming ceremony at the presidential palace in Ankara on November 8, 2022. Photo: Adem Altan/AFP. Does negotiating Sweden's NATO membership mean that the government is prepared to tinker with basic human rights and values? According to two political scientists, there is a ris

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/sweden-must-stand-turkey-conflict-over-values - 2025-08-29

5TE sensor installation in potato and barley plots. Source: Chakroun et al. 2023 CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "Evapotranspiration in Semi-Arid Climate: Remote Sensing vs. Soil Water Simulation" together with Hedia Chakroun (University of Tunis El Manar), Nessrine Zemni (University of Carthage), Ali Benhmid (University of Tunis El Manar), Vetiya Dellaly (Univers

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/estimating-crop-evapotranspiration-tunisia - 2025-08-29

Pinar Dinc. Photo: Linda Eitrem Holmgren The city library in Stockholm (Stockholms Stadsbibliotek) has collected reading recommendations concerning Turkey from several experts. Among them is CMES scholar Pinar Dinc. Pinar has recommended several books about Turkey: Borsuk, Imren - Dinç, Pinar - Kavak, Sinem - Sayan, Pinar (eds.) (2022) Authoritarian neoliberalism and resistance in Turkey: construc

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/turkey-recommended-reading - 2025-08-29

CMES Olof Palme Professor Raphael Cohen-Almagor has published his interviews with Ehud Barak in the journal Israel Affairs: "The pursuit of peace with the Palestinians: interviews with Ehud Barak". These interviews are part of a major research project that is based on interviews and discussions with influential decision-makers, facilitators, mediators and negotiators who were involved in the Israe

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/pursuit-peace-interviews-ehud-barak - 2025-08-29

CMES Olof Palme Professor Raphael Cohen-Almagor has published "Holocaust Denial and the Abuse of Education" in Festschrift Joerden. The text is published in Joanna Długosz-Jóźwiak et al (eds.), Festschrift Joerden (Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt Oder, 2023). This article is opened by explaining a specific type of hate speech: Holocaust denial. I will establish that Holocaust denial is a for

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/holocaust-denial-and-abuse-education - 2025-08-29

CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "Modernization in agricultural water distribution system for aquifer storage and recovery – A case study" together with Mohsen Hosseini Jolfan (University of Tehran), S. Mehdy Hashemy Shahdany (University of Tehran), Saman Javadi (University of Tehran), Sami Ghordoyee Milan (University of Tehran), Aminreza Neshat (Islamic Azad Unive

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/aquifer-water-storage-and-recovery-iran - 2025-08-29

CMES affiliated researcher Sarah Anne Rennick has authored the article "‘2011 unshackled the space’: spatial analysis of diverging youth political agency in the Syrian conflict", published in the journal Conflict, Security and Development. Despite the passing in 2015 of UNSCR 2250 on Youth, Peace, and Security, the study of young people’s political agency in conflict, and the possibilities for emp

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/youth-political-agency-syrian-conflict - 2025-08-29

CMES scholars Lina Eklund and Hossein Hashemi have written "Returning to Traditional Solutions in the Face of Climate Challenges", published online by the Near East Policy Forum. The Middle East region is facing major challenges related to climate change, and Iraq is no exception. Despite being a historically water-rich country, Iraq faces demands from multiple directions for this critical resourc

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/climate-change-and-water-harvesting-iraq - 2025-08-29

The Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies in collaboration with Doc Lounge invites you to a presentation of the photographic exhibition “Wildfires in the Anthropocene” and screening of Alexander Abaturov's documentary film “Paradise”, followed by an open discussion. Registration is required to attend. Wildfires are now a frequent phenomenon perceived as a global threat that puts the future of l

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/photo-exhibition-and-film-screening-world-burning-20-paradise - 2025-08-29

New CMES Newsletter about upcoming events and recent research activities and publications. The CMES Newsletter provides an up-to-date overview of Middle Eastern research, activities and events at Lund University and beyond. The Newsletter includes a message from the Director, latest research news, upcoming events and recent publications by CMES scholars. Read the latest issue of the CMES Newslette

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter-34 - 2025-08-29

Raphael Cohen-Almagor at his office at The Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies. Photo: Ulrika Oredsson A multifaceted British-Israeli researcher has been awarded the prestigious visiting professorship in Olof Palme’s memory and will spend 10 months at the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies at Lund University. The right to euthanasia, multiculturalism and peace in Israel and Palestin

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/professorship-olof-palmes-memory-british-israeli-researcher - 2025-08-29

The second Annual SWEMENA Conference will be hosted by Stockholm University’s Institute for Turkish Studies on 24-25 August 2023. The second Swedish Middle East and North Africa Network (SWEMENA) Annual Conference will be hosted by Stockholm University's Institute for Turkish Studies. We look forward to this opportunity to solidify the network and meet in person, and to host excellent papers and p

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/extended-call-papers-and-panels-second-annual-swemena-conference-2023-0 - 2025-08-29

Photo: Linda Eitrem Holmgren On 25 April, the Arabic language students at CMES received their certificates after completing this semester's language courses. This was celebrated by enjoying some traditional Arabic sweets and cardamom tea together with CMES staff. The festive event was organized by CMES language teacher Rafah Barhoum. Photo: Linda Eitrem Holmgren Each semester, CMES offers courses

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/students-celebrate-successful-completion-cmes-arabic-language-courses - 2025-08-29

CMES researcher Svante Lundgren has written a review of a book about the armed conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. The reviewed book is called Varje dag dör jag långsamt. En reportagebok inifrån Nagorno-Karabach (English translation: Every day I die slowly. Reporting from Inside Nagorno-Karabakh) and was written by Rasmus Canbäck (2023, SILC Förlag). Svante's review was published in Svenska Dagbladet on

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/book-review-voices-nagorno-karabakh - 2025-08-29